How to Do a Pump It Hip-Hop Dance Move for Kids

Learn how to pump it in this Howcast hip-hop dance video for kids with Jeff Cowans.

Transcript

I got a really easy one for you guys to try. We call it Pump It. There's a lot of different ways to do it, and I'm going to show you two different ways, one when you want to get really crazy in the club, and another one when you want to get really crazy in the club. I guess either way, Pump It is going to be a crazy dance, and a really easy one.

So here's what you're going to do. You're going to take your right arm, your left, whichever you want, we're going to try it with the right, and you're going to make a fist and pump it. That's it. Simple enough. I don't look I'm having a good time yet, but once I add the body and the head, I look like I'm having a good time. And this how you pump it. You guys got it?

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Let me see you do it. Pump it. Pump it. Simple enough? I can switch up the hands. Pump it. To the other side. Nice and easy. You don't want to do two, because you're not in a gym, but one is good enough. Yeah? You just do it to the beat. Really, really simple.

Here's another version of Pump It. You turn to the side. Come on ladies. Ladies, you might want to try this. Maybe not the fellas. Put your hands like this, and you're going to push your arms out, right? So you're like, pump it, pump it, pump it. Your body's going pump it, pump it, pump it. You want to make sure you bring your knees. You want to make sure you get low. You want to make sure you have a good time.

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So with this version, I'm going to step to the side so that Ariel and Autumn can show you how it's done. They put their hands up like this and they go pump it, pump it, pump it, pump it, push out, pump it, pump it, pump it.

All right. So let's put the two together. Let's do the first version, where you pump it up like this. You go pump it, pump it, pump it, pump it. They turn to the side and they go pump it, pump it, pump it, pump it. Simple enough?

Switch it up. All right now, pump it to the side. See how they got it? I can get crazy too. Like this. Now, as long as you're having a good time, it doesn't matter how you pump it. You can pump it right, you can pump it left, you can pump it high, you can pump it low, as long as you have a good time. You see them? Let's pump it up again this way. Come on. Pump it up, pump it up. Got it? Switch up the hands. Now, pump it like this. Come on, ladies. They got it. Now, you should try it at home. It's simple enough. Pump it, pump it.